Passive: “The treaty was signed by two generals.” Active: “Two generals signed the treaty.” In Modern English, New York University’s Marcella Frank provides a more academic treatment: “The active ...

While passive voice is not strictly grammatically wrong, when you come across a question on the SAT and two answer choices are grammatically correct but one is written using passive voice, choose ...

Using the active voice emphasizes the person or agent who performs an action. Using the passive voice emphasizes the recipient of the action, or sometimes the action itself. Take a look at the ...

To spot the difference, you have to know what passive voice is. Let’s start with a quiz. Is this sentence in the passive or active voice? “Bob had been planning on doing some serious thinking ...

Passive Voice: "Responsible for answering phones and directing calls." Active Voice: "Answered calls and directed lines to the appropriate individual." See how the first example makes it sound ...

Passive speech is awkward and sometimes hard to understand. Let Word find your passive voice content and help you correct it.

Gerstein Fisher examined the perennial active vs. passive question from a few vantage points and made some interesting discoveries. The Choice ...

Of all the technical advice I offer writers, none is more controversial than encouragement to use the passive voice. Most writers prefer the active, and so do I. But that preference has been ...